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demmiblue

(38,657 posts) Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:00 PM Monday

"I enhanced the image [of Trump]. And seriously, can an expert explain what the hell is happening to his forehead?"

Todayâ€™s press pool photo shows Trump leaving the White House this morning.

I enhanced the image. And seriously, can an expert explain what the hell is happening to his forehead? Right above his nose and right brow.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-09-01T15:49:56.693Z

Some guy with 300k followers posted an ai-hallucinated "enhanced" photo of trump with a weird forehead bump and a bunch of keyboard experts are in the comments trying to make medical diagnoses based off of it. We are so cooked.
— Ron Chan | RCCC C25 (@rondanchan.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T17:35:25.505Z

You'd think they would notice that the American flag has been "enhanced" to remove all the stars. Good ol' stripes and stripes.
— Steve Uncle, allegedly (@the-barely-jew.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T17:57:16.287Z

Your â€œenhancementâ€ fabricated missing data with genAI and thatâ€™s why it looks like AI slop. Thereâ€™s nothing more to the image than what you see in the original. You canâ€™t actually do â€œenhance. zoom in. enhanceâ€ in reality like they do in TV shows. There is no original data there.
— Kait Richardson ðŸ¥” (@thryse.com) 2025-09-01T18:24:28.606Z

Look, we all know Trump has one foot in the forever box, but not because of some shitty AI â€œenhancedâ€ artifact.
— Asher Langton (@asherlangton.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T17:16:03.322Z

And, yes, it was posted here.

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"I enhanced the image [of Trump]. And seriously, can an expert explain what the hell is happening to his forehead?" (Original Post) demmiblue Monday OP

Doesn't look like slobby to me SheltieLover Monday #1

Me either SL Clouds Passing Monday #9

Hi Clouds! SheltieLover Monday #11

How ya Sheltie? Clouds Passing Monday #12

Tired. Hru? SheltieLover Monday #14

In need of a nap 😴 Clouds Passing Monday #15

Go grab a nap then. SheltieLover Monday #16

WTF Is that Star-Less American Flag All About? MrWowWow Monday #2

They've filtered out his wrinkles, which looks odd or that's not Trump oregonjen Monday #3

It is strange the hat is too large bucolic_frolic Monday #10

Emerging rinoceros horn? Buns_of_Fire Monday #4

Possibly a lobotomy scar? LastDemocratInSC Monday #5

Someone thought a lobotomy was an improvement 303squadron Monday #6

Sarcasm, folks ! The OP is posted as a dig and a rebuttal ... ? stopdiggin Monday #7

Some cultures would eat monkey brains, and with RFK Jr 'in the loop' anything is possible. ? taxi Monday #8

Having resubjected myself to looking at his photos (before to compare the nose) THAT is Very weird lookng! electric_blue68 Monday #13

All the suggestions about AI are right. Ms. Toad Monday #17

I wouldn't read too much into it canetoad Monday #18

SheltieLover

(73,209 posts)

1. Doesn't look like slobby to me

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:02 PM

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Clouds Passing

(5,648 posts)

9. Me either SL

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:54 PM

Monday

SheltieLover

(73,209 posts)

11. Hi Clouds!

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:59 PM

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Clouds Passing

(5,648 posts)

12. How ya Sheltie?

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:38 PM

Monday

SheltieLover

(73,209 posts)

14. Tired. Hru?

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #12)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:59 PM

Monday

Clouds Passing

(5,648 posts)

15. In need of a nap 😴

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 08:57 PM

Monday

SheltieLover

(73,209 posts)

16. Go grab a nap then.

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #15)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:39 PM

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MrWowWow

(959 posts)

2. WTF Is that Star-Less American Flag All About?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:08 PM

Monday

Never saw a starless American Flag before. Is it a cryptic signal to the MAGAs?

oregonjen

(3,599 posts)

3. They've filtered out his wrinkles, which looks odd or that's not Trump

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:11 PM

Monday

He’s got awful skin and in this pic, his skin looks smooth

bucolic_frolic

(52,146 posts)

10. It is strange the hat is too large

Reply to oregonjen (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:55 PM

Monday

They're trying to hide something. Body double? That would be my suspicion.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,708 posts)

4. Emerging rinoceros horn?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:17 PM

Monday

It looks like somebody who kinda looks like Rump. With an emerging rinoceros horn.

(P.S. Yes, I know how to spell "rhinoceros".)

LastDemocratInSC

(4,126 posts)

5. Possibly a lobotomy scar?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:21 PM

Monday

That would explain a lot of things.

303squadron

(746 posts)

6. Someone thought a lobotomy was an improvement

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:22 PM

Monday

stopdiggin

(14,319 posts)

7. Sarcasm, folks ! The OP is posted as a dig and a rebuttal ... ?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:30 PM

Monday

to all the other rather nonsensical ... ?

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taxi

(2,465 posts)

8. Some cultures would eat monkey brains, and with RFK Jr 'in the loop' anything is possible. ?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 06:48 PM

Monday

Of course, like RFK Jr., that bridge may have already been crossed.

electric_blue68

(23,604 posts)

13. Having resubjected myself to looking at his photos (before to compare the nose) THAT is Very weird lookng!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 07:44 PM

Monday

Not at all like his lower forehead features are.

Ms. Toad

(37,603 posts)

17. All the suggestions about AI are right.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:44 PM

Monday

This is from a pixelated image taken at a distance. There is no more information to be had, so AI is splitting one pixel into many and trying to interpolate what might have been there.

canetoad

(19,377 posts)

18. I wouldn't read too much into it

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:44 PM

Monday

The 'enhancement', probably sharpening, gamma etc will produce some artifacts. That mark above his nose is, I believe, a result of sharpening the deep shadow.

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